The South Korean government has announced it will close a foundation set up under an agreement with Japan to support people referred to as wartime comfort women.
Tokyo prosecutors reportedly suspect only close aides to Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn of involvement in his alleged financial misconduct.
Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics say applications for volunteers for the Games have surpassed the needed number of 80,000.
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Key words : south it will close a foundation still alive
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The South Korean government has announced it will close a foundation set up under an agreement with Japan to support people referred to as wartime comfort women.
The Gender Equality and Family Ministry released a statement, but it says it will decide later how and when the fund will end.
The foundation was established by Seoul as part of an agreement between Japan and South Korea in 2015 to settle the comfort women issue.
Japan provided it with about 9 million dollars to support 47 former South Korean comfort women still alive at that time.
The deal stipulates both sides agreed the issue was resolved finally and irreversibly.
But South Korean president Moon Jae-in's administration has criticized the agreement made by his predecessor. He says it does not reflect the voices of victims.
Seoul says it won't ask Tokyo to renegotiate, but it will continue to urge Japan to do its utmost to help restore the dignity and honor of the women.
Seoul has hinted it was considering closing the fund following a leader's summit in September.
Japan has consistently asked the country to fully implement the deal.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, "The agreement between Japan and South Korea 3 years ago is final and irreversible. As a member of the international community, Japan has implemented the agreement sincerely. It would not be possible to form bilateral relationships if international agreements are not kept. I'd like South Korea, as a member of the international community, to act based upon this agreement with a sense of responsibility."
A senior official at Japan's foreign ministry said the decision was regrettable and contradictory to the bilateral agreement and summoned South Korea's Ambassador to Japan.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono said, "The ambassador said he will deliver Japan's objection to Seoul. I think the two countries need to fundamentally keep the bilateral agreement now and in the future. The situation that the international community highly values the bilateral agreement won't change."
Key words : Abe hope
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed a hope that South Korea would act responsibly in relation to a 2015 bilateral agreement to settle the issue of those referred to as wartime comfort women.
Abe made the comment on Wednesday after South Korea announced the closure of a fund to support such women, set up in line with the agreement.
He said the two countries agreed to finally and irreversibly resolve the issue in the deal.
He stressed that Japan has faithfully implemented the agreement. He added that bilateral relations cannot be maintained if either party fails to fulfill promises it made as a member of the international community.
Foreign Minister Taro Kono also told reporters that the South Korean decision is unacceptable in light of the 2015 deal.
Key words : south established reconciliation
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South Korea's government established the Reconciliation and Healing Foundation in July 2016 to support those referred to as wartime comfort women.
The foundation was set up under the terms of an agreement between Japan and South Korea in 2015 in which the 2 countries agreed to finally and irreversibly resolve the comfort women issue.
The foundation was to provide about 90,000 dollars to each of the women and about 18,000 dollars each to the bereaved families of such women who were dead at the time of the bilateral deal.
36 of the 47 women who were alive at the time of the deal agreed to accept the money. The foundation has completed payments to 34 of them.
The bereaved relatives of at least 58 of the 199 women who were dead at the time of the agreement also accepted payments.
Sources close to the foundation say about 5.1 million dollars of the one billion yen, or about 8.9 million dollars, provided to it by Japan's government remains unused.
Meanwhile, the South Korean public remains critical of the deal and the foundation has met opposition from the start. Civic group members burst into a news conference at the foundation's inauguration.
The foundation's head stepped down a year after its inauguration, and 5 of its 8 executive board members offered to resign last December.
In January, a panel commissioned by South Korea's President Moon Jae-in to review negotiations on the deal issued a report saying it did not sufficiently consider the views of surviving victims.
Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha later announced that the government would not seek to renegotiate the matter with Japan, and would create its own budget to support the victims instead of using the Japanese fund.
In September, Moon told Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a summit that the foundation is not working properly amid opposition from former comfort women and other South Korean citizens. He added that given growing calls for the fund to be closed, it must be resolved "wisely." He was believed to be suggesting that the fund be dissolved.
Key words : Tokyo prosecutor reportedly suspect
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Tokyo prosecutors reportedly suspect only close aides to Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn of involvement in his alleged financial misconduct.
Ghosn was arrested on Monday on suspicion of understating his income by 5 billion yen, or about 44 million dollars, in securities reports to the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Another Nissan executive, Greg Kelly, was also arrested.
Ghosn was also allegedly provided houses abroad free of charge by Nissan.
Sources say authorities believe 2 of Ghosn's close aides acted on orders by Kelly in a series of alleged acts of misconduct.
The 2 are said to be a foreign executive of Nissan's legal department and a Japanese senior employee.
The sources say the 2 are suspected of involvement in running a Netherlands-based subsidiary that paid nearly 2 billion yen, or about 17 million dollars, in relation to residences in Brazil and Lebanon.
The 2 are also believed to have been in charge of exploring legal problems concerning the securities reports.
Ghosn's alleged misconduct was exposed by a tip from a whistleblower. Nissan executives reportedly later struck a plea deal with prosecutors and gave them copies of email and other materials.
The prosecutors suspect that involving only Ghosn's close aides may have been part of efforts to hide the alleged wrongdoing.
Key words : Tokyo prosecutor uncover murky flow
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Tokyo prosecutors are trying to uncover the murky flow of funds to Nissan Motor's chairman. Carlos Ghosn was arrested this week on suspicion of underreporting his earnings. Now, NHK has learned he received rights to tens-of-millions of dollars in stock-based compensation. But it never appeared in the company's securities reports.
Sources say when Nissan's share price performs well, executives can receive cash as part of their compensation.
The sources say Ghosn received rights to payments worth about 35 million dollars this way over a 4-year period.
Nissan started listing this type of compensation in its securities reports in 2011.
But the documents made no mention of the stock-linked rights given to Ghosn.
It's the latest in a series of allegations against the chairman.
Key words : organizer application
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Organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics say applications for volunteers for the Games have surpassed the needed number of 80,000.
The organizing committee began accepting applications on September 26th. They are seeking 80,000 volunteers for event venues and the athletes' village, and another 30,000 "city volunteers" to serve as transportation and tour guides at airports and train stations.
The committee said on Wednesday that as of Tuesday morning it had received 81,035 applications for the first category. 40 percent of the applicants were men, and 60 percent women. 56 percent of the applicants were Japanese, and 44 percent were of other nationalities.
The committee decided to push back the application deadline to December 21st from early December, because there seems to be a shortage of applications to volunteer at the athletes' sub-village in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Committee director general Toshiro Muto said he is grateful and urged those considering applying to do so soon because the website is expected to be busy as the deadline nears.
Key words : marathon around 6
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Tokyo Olympic officials are likely to move the starting time of the Olympic marathon to around 6 in the morning to avoid the expected severe heat during the day.
The organizers had decided to start the marathon at 7 AM. They were calling for daylight savings time to be introduced for the 2020 summer when the Games will be held.
But they announced the possible change on Wednesday after a panel of the governing Liberal Democratic Party abandoned the idea of introducing daylight savings time.
The Tokyo game's Director General Toshio Muto said the organizers will discuss starting the event earlier, noting that the wellbeing of the runners is the most important thing.
They are expected to put the new time in place due to the expected impact on the athletes and medical concerns.
The organizers say they will discuss the issue with related sports associations and the International Olympic Committee, hoping to make a final decision before next spring when tickets go on sale.
They will also discuss the men's 50-kilometer walk event which is now scheduled to start at 6 AM to avoid some of the severe heat.
Key words : about 3,000
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About 3,000 foreigners working part-time at a Japanese restaurant chain are now members of a labor union formed by its employees.
The workers are employed by Hiday Hidaka Corporation. It operates 420 restaurants including the chain Hidakaya, which serves ramen noodles and Chinese dishes in Tokyo and surrounding areas.
Corporation and union officials say the union was started in March with a total of around 9,000 employees.
They say about one-third of the members are from Vietnam, China and other countries who are working part-time while studying at Japanese vocational schools.
Hosei University Graduate School Professor Hiroyuki Fujimura says it is rare for 3,000 foreign workers to join a union at the same time.
He says it is also meaningful for the management to learn various views through a union that includes foreign employees. He added he hopes all workers, including those from abroad, will join unions, as an increasing number of foreigners move into the workforce in Japan.
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